Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow appears in the following:

A look at Biden and McCarthy's relationship ahead of their debt ceiling meeting

Monday, May 08, 2023

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have a pivotal meeting on the debt ceiling on Tuesday. Here's a look at their relationship.

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President Biden held a press conference for state visit from South Korea's president

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

President Biden is holding a press conference, his first since announcing he will run for a second term in 2024. It's part of a state visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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Biden has made it official — announcing his bid for a second presidential term

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

In a three-minute video, Biden announced that he's running for a second term in the 2024 presidential race. The announcement comes four years to the day from the launch of his 2020 campaign

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New Mayan discovery at an ancient site in Mexico is another clue into their past

Friday, April 21, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with University of Texas professor David Stuart about a recent Mayan discovery in southern Mexico.

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John Fetterman wants to 'pay it forward' by speaking openly about his depression

Thursday, April 20, 2023

The Pennsylvania freshman senator is back to work on Capitol Hill after admitting himself to a hospital to seek treatment for clinical depression in February.

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Photograph or... 'promptograph?' Artist questions implications of AI generated images

Thursday, April 20, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with photographer Boris Elgadsen about his decision to reject a photography award he received for an image he created using AI.

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White women in rural America are dying. This memoir examines why

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Monica Potts about her memoir, The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America.

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Cooking Nigella Lawson recipes for 365 days straight

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Nathan Young, a marketing professional from England, spent 365 days making recipes by cookbook writer Nigella Lawson — with enthusiastic guidance from Lawson herself.

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Did Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign peak before it began?

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Emily Mahoney, the political editor at The Tampa Bay Times, about how Ron Desantis' presidential campaign is faring compared to Donald Trump's.

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Trailblazer sports reporter Liz Clarke reflects on her 37 years in journalism

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Liz Clarke for an exit interview looking back on her 37 years in journalism — 25 of those as a trailblazing sports reporter at The Washington Post.

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Kansas City mayor on the shooting of a Black teenager

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas about the investigation into the shooting of a Black teenager by a white homeowner after the teen mistakenly arrived at the wrong address.

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Sudan faces rising humanitarian need as fighting continues

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Arshad Malik, Sudan's director for Save the Children, about the humanitarian aid that is already needed by about 16 million people — roughly a third of the population.

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Is Clarence Thomas fit to serve with ties to a GOP donor? A law professor weighs in

Monday, April 17, 2023

NPR'S Scott Detrow talks with constitutional law professor Stephen Vladeck about what Clarence Thomas' ties to a GOP megadonor say about his fitness to serve as a SCOTUS justice.

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Sudan citizens are hiding from intense fighting between army and paramilitary group

Monday, April 17, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Cameron Hudson, former special envoy to Sudan, about the fighting that broke out in the country over the weekend, and what's at stake.

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DeSantis and the culture wars

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is eyeing a run for president. He's made a national name for himself by taking on culture war topics. So how do Florida voters feel about all this?

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A Grammys correction

Sunday, March 26, 2023

The difference between song and record of the year at the Grammys can be confusing. So confusing, that we messed it up on a story on npr.org, and had to issue a correction.

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U.S., U.K. and Australia aim to counter China with an exchange of submarine tech

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

President Biden met Monday with his counterparts from Australia and the United Kingdom to discuss a deal to sell U.S. submarines — an arrangement aimed at countering the military might of China.

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Pence says Trump was 'wrong' about Jan. 6 and that history will hold him accountable

Sunday, March 12, 2023

The former vice president said Trump's "reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day," in his most forceful rebuke yet of his two-time running mate.

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Politics chat: Biden's target voter base in 2024; nuclear submarine sale to Australia

Sunday, March 12, 2023

President Biden hasn't announced running for office in 2024, we look at signals that he knows which voter base he'll be targeting. We also look an impending sale of nuclear submarines to Australia.

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Many voters think Biden is too old for a second term. The White House isn't worried

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Polls and focus groups show many voters are worried about President Biden's advanced age. But the White House isn't worried that will hurt him if he runs for a second term.

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